Thu May 26, 2022 – 4:03 pm EDT
ASBURY PARK, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) — A new poll found that a “significant majority” of Americans support state laws restricting abortion.
According to a Rasmussen Reports survey released May 17, which polled 1,000 likely voters on May 15-16, a sweeping 67% of respondents said they “believe abortion should not be legal past the first three months of pregnancy,” including 24% who think “all abortions should be illegal.”
In contrast, just 13% said they think “abortion should be legal at any time during a pregnancy before the moment of birth,” and another 13% said they would support legal abortion up to the sixth month of pregnancy.
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— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) May 21, 2022
The overwhelming support for at least some restrictions on abortion comes in spite of the fact that “[m]ore voters describe themselves as pro-choice than pro-life,” suggesting that even those who espouse pro-choice views do not necessarily support abortion “on demand” at any stage of pregnancy.
Meanwhile, even though left-wing politicians like Democrat U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have often touted polls that suggest that the majority of
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